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Klara and Helga Schneider visit the grave of their mother/grandmother, Rachela Davidson.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 51628
Klara and Helga Schneider visit the grave of their mother/grandmother, Rachela Davidson.

Klara and Helga Schneider visit the grave of their mother/grandmother, Rachela Davidson.

Date
1947
Locale
Shanghai, [Kiangsu] China
Photo Designation
JEWISH LIFE IN CHINA -- Shanghai/Hongkew Ghetto -- Postwar -- Daily Life -- Housing/Living Conditions
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Helen Blackman

About This Photograph

Biography
Helen T. Blackman (born Tana Helga Schneider) is the daughter of Werner B Schneider (b. June 2, 1919) and Klara (nee Davidson) Schneider (b. November 3, 1920). Werner and Klara were both born in Berlin, Germany. In April 1939 they fled Germany for Shanghai together with Klara's mother. Her father and Werner's mother had both committed suicide in response to German persecution. Helga was born in Shanghai on November 24, 1939. Werner and Klara later divorced, and Klara remarried Richard Stock from Cologne. Werner Schneider immigrated to the United States in either September or October, 1947, and Helga, Klara and Richard immigrated in November 1947 aboard a U.S. transport ship.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Helen Blackman
 
Record last modified: 2011-06-01 00:00:00
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